After confirming Sedgwick County’s first measles case in eight years, public health officials stressed Wednesday the need to ensure the public is properly vaccinated against the highly contagious virus.
While most people who received the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine at any point in their life shouldn’t have to worry about contracting the airborne virus, there is one group of people who may want to get an updated shot.
Anyone who got vaccinated between 1957 to 1967 received a vaccine formula that wasn’t as effective as the current one, which is 97% effective in fighting off the virus…